My unvarnished story about adopting a boy who turned out to have autism.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A little man of letters

Giving Quinn a bath a few nights ago, Tom pulled out the foam letters and numbers Grandma Marj gave him for Christmas. Much to Tom's astonishment, the child who just scored a full year behind on his speech assessment started picking up letters, saying what they were and sticking them to the wall. He got through maybe 10 letters and 3-4 numbers before he got bored and went on to something else.

Neither of us has tried to teach him his ABCs, thinking he's not nearly ready for that. I guess all those ABC books are sinking in!

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This is my attempt to tell the true story of my adoption of Quinn, who spent the first 16 months of his life in an orphanage in Beijing. This is the kind of information I was searching for while I waited to adopt from China, so it's the kind I want to share - the joys as well as the challenges.